A Topic of Moral Theology
What a dispensation is
Relaxation of the law in a particular case; leave and dispensation.
The works themselves ask 6 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Dispensation · Dispensation from law · Acceptance · Bishop · Commutation of obligation · Compensation in dispensation · Derogation of law · Law · License · Penalty · Presumption · Roman Pontiff · Superior
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. III, Ch. IX, Section III. Dispensations, n. 1 — A dispensation is a relaxation of the law in a particular case for some special reason. The law still remains in force, but by a dispensation one who would otherwise be bound to conform to it is withdrawn from the operat… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Laws, VII. On Dispensation, nn. 235, 236, 237, 238, 239 & 240 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Laws, nn. 312, 313, 314, 315, 316 & 317 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, Third Question: On the Mut…, Article III: On Dispensation, nn. ¶1, 381 & 382 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On the Change of Laws, On dispensation, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Dispensations — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)